Bill Text: TX HR61 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 61 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Remembering those who lost their lives during the November 1984 anti-Sikh genocide.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to State Affairs [HR61 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR61-Introduced.html

	88R9554 BHH-D

	By: Meza	H.R. No. 61



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, November 2023 marks the 39th anniversary of the
	start of the Sikh genocide in India; and
	WHEREAS, The assassination of Indian prime minister Indira
	Gandhi on October 31, 1984, sparked systematic attacks against
	Sikhs in India, which resulted in the murder of more than 30,000
	people over the course of a three-day period; Sikh communities were
	terrorized and businesses and properties were destroyed at the
	hands of vigilante groups, who had the encouragement of the police,
	government ministers, and members of parliament; under the code
	name "Operation Woodrose," the government of India went on to
	target Amritdhari Sikhs across the country's Punjab region, and for
	10 years, the violence continued as the Indian army rounded up Sikh
	men and youth, who were later put to death; and
	WHEREAS, Mass graves holding the remains of those killed in
	the violence have been found in a number of communities, including
	the villages of Hondh Chillar and Pataudi in Haryana, where burial
	sites were discovered in 2011; moreover, the Tilak Vihar
	neighborhood in New Delhi, known as the "Widow Colony," still
	houses thousands of Sikh women who were forced to endure rape and to
	witness the torture and murder of their husbands, fathers, and
	sons; and
	WHEREAS, The Sikh community in the United States continues to
	mourn these atrocities, and it is incumbent upon the global
	community to learn from the past and to reaffirm our commitment to
	preventing similar tragedies in the years ahead; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature hereby remember those who lost their lives during the
	November 1984 anti-Sikh genocide.